Cause they needed the money so they taxed them.
The parliament wanted to earn as much money from the American colonies and they were also very greedy.
because they were losing
in 1767 the British Parliament passed a new taxed law named the Townshead Acts. It imports tea, paint, glass, and also paper.
The Boston Massacre in 1770 prompted Parliament to repeal most of the Townshend acts except for the tax on tea.
the quatering act and intolerable
Trade with the colonies was economically important to Great Britain. The colonists thought the economic implications would be enough for the British Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts.
Colonists expected Parliament to repeal the Intolerable Acts because they said they had no representatives in congress.
From the beginning of 1767, all the acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain relevant to the British colonies in North America were known as Townshend acts. It was named after the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Charles Townshend, who initiated the program.
The Boston Massacre in 1770 prompted Parliament to repeal most of the Townshend acts except for the tax on tea.
The Boston Massacre in 1770 prompted Parliament to repeal most of the Townshend acts except for the tax on tea.
The Townshend Acts (1767) were met with resistance in the colonies, prompting the occupation of Boston by British troops in 1768, which eventually resulted in the Boston Massacre of 1770. As a result of widespread protest in the American colonies, Parliament began to partially repeal the Townshend duties.
In parliament they decided to repeal the old law.